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Paris Between Empires 1814-1852: Monarchy and Revolution

Paris Between Empires 1814-1852: Monarchy and Revolution

by PhilipMansel (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

Between 1814 and 1852 Paris was a city of power and pleasure, a magnet for people of all nationalities that exerted an influence far beyond the borders of France. Paris was the stage where the great conflicts of the age, between nationalism and cosmopolitanism, revolution and royalism, socialism and capitalism, atheism and Catholicism, were fought out before the audience of Europe. As a contemporary proverb put it: when Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold. PARIS BETWEEN EMPIRES tells the story of this golden age, from the entry of the allies into Paris on 31 March 1814, after the defeat of Napoleon I, to the proclamation of another Bonaparte, his nephew Louis-Napoleon, as Napoleon III in the Hotel de Ville on 2 December 1852. During those years, Paris, the seat of a new parliamentary government, was a truly cosmopolitan capital, home to Rossini, Heine and Princess Lieven, as well as Berlioz, Chateaubriand and Madame Recamier.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 576
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 13 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 1842126563
ISBN 13: 9781842126561
Book Overview: To be promoted alongside Philip Mansel's new hb: Prince of Europe An Evening Standard best-seller Long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize 'Just the kind of book I like: discursive, varied, relaxed, dealing with literature, art, theatre and social life as well as politics during a golden age when Paris was more cosmopolitan than at any time in her history' Paul Johnson, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 'Philip Mansel has written both a fine history and an historical guide book that any reader who loves Paris will learn from and enjoy' Daily Mail 'An excellent, entertaining history' Spectator

Media Reviews
This is Philip Mansel's year as we are pubishing both this paperback and hishardback PRINCE OF EUROPE. See hardback bulletin details for further information. Philip Mansel's readable history, investigating the city's most fascinating era, vividly evokes Paris's golden age, especially the 1830 and 1848 revolutions. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Philip Mansel records what life was like in Paris in those years with masses of wonderful detail. He has read endless diaries, memoirs and letters... a most readable book. Derwent May, THE TIMES More new
Author Bio
Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians. His book CONSTANTINOPLE was described by William Dalrymple as 'An impeccably researched masterpiece of exquisite historical writing.' He currently lives in London.